NUMBERS USA NEWSLETTER UPDATE

It was another great week for us on the state level! Kentucky and Virginia each took big steps toward passing mandatory E-Verify for state agencies and contractors. And the Minnesota House approved an E-Verify amendment to a stimulus bill. Thanks to all our activists in these three states whose phone calls and faxes made a difference.

Congress will be back in town next week, and the Senate will begin work on a Jobs bill, so make sure you check with us early next week for any faxing/calling opportunities to ensure jobs created go to American workers and legal immigrants.

Three House Members have taken the lead on protecting American Jobs. Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Gary Miller (R-Calif.) and Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) have formed the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. Their goal is to raise public awareness of the connection between illegal immigration and unemployment, pressure the Obama Administration to vigorously enforce the laws against the employment of illegal aliens, work to implement legislation that will protect U.S. jobs from the impact of illegal immigration (especially to make E-Verify mandatory) and work to defeat legislation that will put U.S. jobs at risk from the impact of illegal immigration (especially to defeat amnesty).

If your Member of Congress hasn't already become part of this Caucus, there's a new fax on you Action Board urging them to join.

Thanks,
Chris Chmielenski
Website Content Manager

Best Bayh Replacement on Immigration? Maybe a Dem Over GOP Candidate Coats or Pence
	By Roy Beck, Tuesday, February 16, 2010
	Sen. Evan Bayh's (D-Ind.) surprise retirement announcement sets up the possibility that the more restrictionist candidate in the general election to replace him may be the Democrat. . . Read More >>

At Least, We Can Unite Around Blood
	By Roy Beck, Wednesday, February 17, 2010
	I feel like I lost a bit of my U.S. citizenship today. For 45 years, no matter how polarized my community or my country, no matter how loud the shouting matches and the challenges to each other's morality and humanity . . . I always felt like I could set aside differences and engage in an act of pure civic devotion to my fellow Americans at the Red Cross Bloodmobile. Read More >>

53% of Immigrant Families on Welfare!
	By Jim Robb, Thursday, February 18, 2010
	I'm sure you were as shocked as I to read the new findings that . . . . . . 53% of immigrant households with children collected welfare from at least one government program in 2008. These programs include food stamps, Medicaid, and free school lunches. And yes, that huge number also includes legal immigrants. Here are six things you can do TODAY to fight this outrage. Read More >>

Frank Sharry in Huffington Post Can't Stand The Truth About Immigration & Welfare
	By Roy Beck, Monday, February 15, 2010
	I seem to have struck some nerves among the open-borders crowd with my reminder to Tea Party activists around the country that our immigration policies drive a lot of the increases in the size of government. The open-borders folks are howling that I said immigration policies drive growth in welfare use. To say such a thing, is "immigrant bashing," according to Frank Sharry in the massively read HuffingtonPost.com. Read More >>

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